Belgrade, Gritty Capital of Serbia, Is on the Rise. Gritty Capital of Serbia on the Rise. Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, part of the former Yugoslavia, is relatively unknown thanks to years behind the Iron Curtain under communist rule and the years of civil war that ravaged the Balkans.
Belgrade (/ËbÉlÉ¡reÉªd/; Serbian: Beograd / Ð±ÐµÐ¾Ð³ÑÐ°Ð´; Serbian pronunciation: [beÇÉ¡rad] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name translates to White city.
Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. Northern Belgrade remained the southernmost Habsburg post until 1918, when the city was reunited. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times.